Mayor Adrian Fenty was by the concession stands at Coolidge High, handing out campaign stickers. Campaign workers were handing out stickers for his opponent, Vincent Gray, in the city's upcoming democratic primary. With all the various television cameras around, the whole scene had the atmosphere of a campaign rally.

D.C.'s public school system will fire more than 200 employees for poor performance -- 4% of its workforce -- and is putting another 700 employees on notice they will be fired in the next year if their performance doesn't improve, the school system announced Friday.